Cultivating Liberation with Anuradha Kowtha
For years now I’ve been taking a very explicitly anti-capitalist approach to business. Some people are surprised by that, because capitalism has done a great job of making people think that capitalism = commerce. But that’s not true. Humanity has had so many different versions of commerce and trade for our entire existence on this […]
Following up on the changes Steve announced
Last week Steve Mattus, our Director of Education, outlined some changes that are coming, which we’re all excited about. To continue in that vein, I wanted to explain a critical concept that’s called a Community of Practice. Most spiritual paths name “community” as a necessary part of the path. Buddhism talks about “sangha,” for Islam […]
[Video] In face of big events is your business even relevant?
It took me some time to realize that the fall illness that had me coughing and hacking these last two weeks was actually unexpressed grief around the U.S. election. And, as I watch the president-elect appoint a creationist as the Secretary of Education, and a man who has made a living partially out of giving […]
I don’t know what happened
I’m writing this before U.S. election results are in. I don’t have anything to add, you know now as you’re reading this better than I do as I’m writing this what in the heck happened. Every Monday we have a live Remembrance call in our Community, where we take ourselves into our hearts on some […]
Activism, Business and what my mentor told me
One of our clients recently came to the decision to stop participating in a volunteer project in order to focus on her business. This was a hard decision to come to, and because she was the lead on that project, it means risking that no one else will step into the void and the project […]
When you need help choosing B instead of A
Six times a year, every other month, I lead a Virtual Retreat for our Community. The most recent one was this past Friday, and during the retreat we worked with a Divine quality called the Awakener. In a few paragraphs I’ll tell you more about the Sufi Divine qualities, which are profound to work with. […]
Trump, Sanders, and the dangers of carefulness
Here in the US we’re in the run-up to a presidential election… what? You already knew that? On behalf of all US citizens and our government I want to apologize for the oversized shadow our media circus casts over the rest of the world. It’s been strange, but I’ve watched in real fascination as a […]
Listening to Feedback from your Business
Before we get into the article, I want to point out that yesterday we introduced a brand new program! It’s for folks who have progressed a bit along the business path and are confronting the 3 unsexiest, and yet most critical, topics of business if you want to accelerate your growth. Check it out here: […]
Goodbye to Jason Stein
Years ago, back in… 2003, was it? I was serving on the board of a nonprofit, when someone who worked at the nonprofit introduced me to a friend of his, and we went out for lunch. That person was Jason Stein. Heart of Business was still relatively new, and he was on his own entrepreneurial […]
When you need a big change and it’s not coming
Updated 3/10/21 There are folks in our Learning Community who have made big leaps forward, yet are still stuck. What I mean is that they’ve seen significant increases in the number of clients, the amount of money they are making, and ease in running their business. However, they are still stuck because there’s a big […]